Skirt-supporter.



No. 63l,l0!; Pafented Aug. I5, I899.

S. BENDA.

SKIRT SUPPORTER.

(Application filed Mar. 23, 1899.) N0 Model.)

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WITNESSES:

" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SYDNEY BENDA, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DAVIDZENNER, OF SAME PLACE.

S'KlRT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,101, dated August15, 1899.

' Application filed March 23, 1899. Serial No. 710,165. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SYDNEY BENDA, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Skirt-Supporters, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of this invention is to provide simple, inexpensive,convenient,and efficient means for supporting the skirt on the waist andwhich shall dispense with pins or spurs or other metallic fasteningdevices penetrating the garment and tending to tear the same; and tothat end the invention consists, essentially, of a plate provided withhooks on 0pposite ends to engage loops fastened to one of the garmentsand hooks projecting from the face of the plate, in combination withrings or loops attached to the other garment and hung on said projectinghooks, as hereina-fter more fully described, and set forth in theclaims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of my improvedskirt-supporter, partly covered by a portion of the skirt connected tosaid supporter, the belt attachment being omitted. Fig. 2 is a detachedface view of the skirt-supporter. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section online X Xwith garment connected to the supporter. Fig. 4 is a transversesection on line Y Y, showing the garment connected as aforesaid; andFigs. 5 and 6 are face and edge views, respectively, of furtherimprovements in my skirt-supporter.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

0. represents the supporting-plate, which is formed of suitable sheetmetal and preferably rectangulanshaped. The two end portions of saidplate are bent transversely over the adjacent main portions of theplate, so as to form the hooks b b, which are over the same side of theplate and project toward each other. The main portion of said plate,between the hooks b b, is provided with two hook-shaped tongues c 0,preferably stamped up from the plate, so as to maintain them integralwith the plate on corresponding ends of the tongues and causeboth toproject with their free ends in the same direction toward one of thelongitudinal edges of the plate. This edge of the plate is formed with ahook h for hanging the plate onto the belt. at (1 denote rings or loopswhich are to be sewed or securely fastened to the skirt and hung ontothe hook-shaped tongues c c on the supporting-plate a. This plate issecured to the waist by means of loops Z Z, sewed or otherwise suitablyattached to the waist and receiving under them the end portions of theplate a. The hooks b b on the ends of said plate engaging the loops Z Iserve to retain the plate under said loops.

The described supporting-plate is readily stamped out of sheet metal bymeans of suitable dies and is easily bent into its requisite shape byanother set of dies, and thus said plate constitutes a simple andinexpensive article of manufacture.

The plate a may be made expansible by forming it of two end sectionswhich are adjustably clamped together by means of a cam-lever 0, pivotedto one section and pinching the other section of the plate, or by thesuitable clamping devices.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination with the waisthaving loops fastened thereto, and the skirt, of a skirt-supporterconsisting of a plate having its two end portions bent transversely andforming hooks projecting toward each other and engaging saidloops,hook-shaped tongues stamped up from the main portion of saidplate, and rings secured to skirt and hung on said tongues substantiallyas described.

2. In a skirt-sup'porter, an expansible plate comprising two sectionsand provided with devices for adj ustably clamping said sectionstogether, said plate being secured to one garment'and formed withhook-shaped tongues stamped up from the main portion of each section, incombination with rings secured to the other garment and hung on saidtongues substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the waist having loops fastened thereto, and theskirt, of a skirt-supporter consisting of an expansible plate comprisingtwo sections and provided with means for adj ustably clamping saidsections together, the outer end portion of each section being benttransversely and'forming a hook projecting toward the other book, whichhooks engage the aforesaid loops, a hook-shaped tongue stamped up fromthe main portion of each section, and rings secured to the other garmentand hung on said tongues substantially as set forth.

4. In a skirt-supporter, an expansible plate comprising two sections, acam-lever pivoted to one section and pinching the other section wherebysaid sections are adj ustably clamped together, said plate being securedto one garment and formed with a hook-shaped tongue stamped up from themain portion of each section, in combination with rings secured to theother garment and hung on said tongues substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the waist having SYDNEY BENDA.

Vitnesses:

J. J. LAASS, H. B. SMITH.

